Writing Contests:

Information Provided by Dean Sowle's Office

New listings added for the current week, if
any, are indicated in italics. Print copies
of the rules and regulations governing the writing contests
listed here are available from Denise Lang in Suite 320.Sponsor/Title: Recording Academy Sixth Annual
Entertainment Law Initiative Legal Writing Competition.Topic: Any legal topic facing the music
industry today.Prizes: First place, $5,000; four
runners-up, $1,500 each.Deadline: Entries must be postmarked
by January 2, 2004.
Website:http://www.grammy.comSponsor/Title: Legal Affairs Writing Contest
for Law Students.Topic: Essays of no more than 1,500 words,
accessible to general readers and lawyers alike, that make
an argument about a significant topic in the law.Prizes: First place, $2,000 and
publication in Legal Affairs; second place, $1,000; third
place, $500.Deadline: Entries must be sent
before January 7, 2004.
Website:http://www.legalaffairs.orgSponsor/Title: New York University School
of Law Environmental Law Essay Contest.Topic: An environmental law issue of
current national or international significance.Prizes: First place, $1,000 and
publication in the New York University Environmental Law Journal.Deadline: Entries must be received
via e-mail no later than midnight, January 8, 2004.
Website:http://www.law.nyu.edu/journals/envtllawSponsor/Title: Epstein Becker & Green,
P.C. Health Law Writing Competition.Topic: Any traditional area of the law
as applied to health care (e.g., antitrust, tax, corporate),
or areas of law unique to health care (e.g., fraud and abuse,
managed care, Medicare/Medicaid).Prizes: First place, $4,000; second
place, $2,000; third place, $500.Deadline: Entries are due on January
19, 2004.
Website:http://www.ebglaw.comSponsor/Title: American College of Legal
Medicine Student Writing Competition.Topic:Any aspect of Legal Medicine
(the professional and academic discipline that concerns itself
with legal aspects of medical science, medical practice, and
other health care delivery problems).Prizes:First place, $1,000.Deadline:Entries must be received
no later than January 19, 2004.
Website:http://www.aclm.orgSponsor/Title: American College of Legal
Medicine Student Writing Competition in Bioethics.Topic:Any aspect of bioethics, that
is, any ethical issue arising specifically within the health
care arena in the 21st century.Prizes:First place, $1,000;
second place, $500; third place, $250.Deadline:Entries must be received
no later than January 19, 2004.
Website:http://www.aclm.orgSponsor/Title:2003-2004 Louis Jackson
National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor
Law.Topic: Any topic relating to the law governing
the workplace, such as employment law, labor law, employee
benefits, or employment discrimination.Prizes: First place, $3,000; second
place (two awards), $1,000. The top three entries will be
published in the Chicago-Kent Law Review.Deadline: Entries must be received
on or before January 19, 2004.Website:http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilw/jackson.htmlSponsor/Title:LatCrit Student Scholar
Program.Topic: Any topic relevant to race, ethnicity,
and the law.Prizes: Up to four students will
be selected from undergraduate, graduate, or professional
degree programs (including J.D. programs). Selected students
will receive: (1) a full scholarship to the annual LatCrit
conference; (2) publication of the student's paper in a conference
symposium issue; (3) matching with an academic mentor; and
(4) a full scholarship to the Critical Global Classroom program,
to be held in Chile and Argentina in summer 2004.Deadline: Applications must be
postmarked by January 20, 2004.Website:http://www.latcrit.org
Other Information: In addition to a paper of no more
than 10,000 words, applications must include an application
form, resume, and personal statement.Sponsor/Title:American Indian Law
Review Writing Competition.Topic: Any issue concerning American
Indian Law. However, topics recently published in the American
Indian Law Review will not be favored.Prizes: First place, $1,000 and
publication of article; second place, $500; third place, $250.Deadline: Entries must be postmarked
first class no later than January 31, 2004.Website:http://www.law.ou.edu/lawrevs/ailrSponsor/Title: ABA Section of Business Law
Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest.Topic: Any business law topic.Prizes: First place, $2,500; second
place, $1,000; third place, $500.Deadline: Law school nominations
are due by February 3, 2004.
Other information: Each ABA-accredited law school
is permitted to nominate one paper. Submit papers to Dean
Sowle for consideration.Sponsor/Title: Roscoe Hogan Environmental
Law Essay Contest.Topic: Legally protecting the American
wilderness from anti-environmental government policies.Prizes: First place, $5,000 and
publication of paper.Deadline: Intent-to-Enter Form
deadline is February 9, 2004. Essays must be received
no later than March 29, 2004.
Website:http://www.roscoepound.orgSponsor/Title: Paralyzed Veterans
of America Legal Writing Competition.Topic: Should members of the Board of
Veterans' Appeals be required to qualify as Administrative
Law Judges?Prizes: First place, $1,000 for
best entry on each side of the issue.Deadline: Submissions must be received
no later than February 17, 2004.
Website:http://www.pva.org/prof/legal/writingcontest.htmSponsor/Title: American Business
Law Journal Student Writing Contest.Topic: Any area of business law, broadly
interpreted, including but not limited to antitrust, banking,
bankruptcy, business organization, contracts, environmental,
constitutional, e-commerce, employment, ethics, financial,
international, property, securities, and torts.Prizes: First place, $1,000 and
publication of paper.Deadline: Deadlines for submissions
is March 1, 2004.Sponsor/Title: American Immigration
Law Foundation Annual Edward L. Dubroff Memorial Legal Writing
Contest.Topic: Any aspect of immigration and
nationality law.Prizes: First place, $1,000.Deadline: The submission deadline
is March 8, 2004.
Website:http://www.ailf.orgSponsor/Title: AIPLA Quarterly Journal Publication
Staff Competition.Topic: To be announced.Prizes: Position as a publication
staff member for the period August 2004 through May 2006 on
the American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly
Journal.Deadline: Submit a Request to Compete
form and Candidate Agreement by 5:00 pm on March 12, 2004.
The competition packet will be delivered to each applicant
on March 19, 2004 and must be returned by mail, postmarked
no later than the following Monday.Website:http://www.aipla.orgSponsor/Title: Sovereignty XVII Chief Justice
John B. Doolin Writing Competition.Topic: Any area of the law relating to
Native Americans or other indigenous peoples.Prizes: First place, $500; second
place, $300; third place, $200.Deadline: Entries must be received
no later than March 15, 2004.
Website:http://www.oscn.netSponsor/Title: ABA Section of Criminal Justice
William W. Greenhalgh Student Writing Competition.Topic: Any important pending legal controversy
implicating or with the potential to impact upon american
criminal constitutional procedure.Prizes: First place, $2,000.Deadline: Entries must be postmarked
no later than March 31, 2004.
Website:http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/home.htmlSponsor/Title: Alliance Defense Fund William
Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship Competition.Topic: Submissions should address one
or more legal issues justifying a perspective consistent with
religious liberty, the sanctity of life and/or traditional
values.Prizes: First place, $5,000; second
place, $2,000; third place, $500.Deadline: Entries must be postmarked
no later than April 1, 2004.
Website:http://www.alliancedefensefund.orgSponsor/Title: International Association
of Defense Counsel Legal Writing Contest.Topic: A subject of practical concern
to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense
of civil litigation, such as, for examples, relevant aspects
of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence, damages,
alternative dispute resolution procedures, and professional
ethics.Prizes: First place, $2,000; second
place, $1,000; third place, $500.Deadline: Entries must be postmarked
on or before April 19, 2004.
Website:http://www.iadclaw.org Sponsor/Title:Pacific Legal Foundation
Fifth Annual Program for Judicial Awareness Writing Competition.Topic: One of the following topics: (1) In Lucas
v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003 (1992), the
Supreme Court held that compensation for a regulatory taking
is not required if the property use in question could have
been prohibited by “the restrictions that background principles
of the State’s law of property and nuisance already place
upon land ownership.” Discuss the “background principles”
exception to the Takings Clause, both as it was set forth
in Lucas and as it has been applied by lower courts since
then. Is this exception a useful mechanism for determining
when just compensation for a taking is due? (2) To what extent
should American courts look to foreign sources of law and
international conventions in determining the protections and
guarantees of the United States Constitution? (3) What should
be the limitations (if any) of federal authority to enforce
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act against wholly intrastate
employers, in light of recent Supreme Court decisions restricting
the scope of congressional power under the Commerce Clause?Prizes: First place, $5,000; first runner-up,
$3,000; second runner-up, $1,500.Deadline: Entries must be postmarked no
later than May 31, 2004.Website:http://www.pacificlegal.org Sponsor/Title:NRA Civil Right Defense Fund
Law Student Essay Contest.Topic: The right of the individual to keep and
bear arms as a federally protect right.Prizes: First place, $5,000; second place,
$3,000; third place, $2,000; fourth place, $1,000.Deadline: Entries must be postmarked or
delivered on or before May 31, 2004.Website:http://www.nradefensefund.org/docs/writing_contest.htmlSponsor/Title:ABA Section of Dispute Resolution
and Association for Conflict Resolution, James Boskey Dispute
Resolution Essay Competition.Topic: The purpose of the competition is to
promote greater interest in and understanding of the field
of dispute resolution and collaborative decision-making among
students enrolled in ABA accredited law schools as well as
students enrolled in graduate programs both in the United
States and abroad.Prizes: First place, $1,000.Deadline: Submissions must be made no
later than June 1, 2004.Website:http://www.abanet.org/dispute
or http://www.acresolution.orgSponsor/Title:NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund
Scholarship Contest for Third-Year Law Students.Topic: The constitutional right to keep and
bear arms.Prizes: First place, $12,500 toward tuition;
second place, $5,000; third place, $2,500.Deadline: Entries must be received on
or before June 1, 2004. Sponsor/Title:American Intellectual Property
Law Association Robert C. Watson Competition.Topic: A subject relating to the protection
of intellectual property.Prizes: First place, $2,000.Deadline: Entries must be submitted on
or before June 30, 2004.Website:http://aipla.org